FO R3: Murray vs Giraldo

I agree playing on Court 1 will take the pressure of him if there is any. I do not think he is worried about that . Looking forward to watching the score on Live Scores. It will not be featured on the TV.

Wade is just prejudice why you knows. Possibly because she was the last GB player to win Wimbledon very childish of her especially as she is commentating.

I didn't hear what VW said on Eurosport but if she did actually say that she must finally have taken leave of what senses she has. That is an absolutely ludiocrous comment to make. In contrast, Sam Smith on ITV, said that she could only applaud Andy for what he did on Thursday. She went on to say that when she was playing she was always told to get to the end of the match if she possibly could because tomorrow was another day. She also mentioned that people feel pain at different levels; Andy knows his body better than anyone else; people should appreciate how much work he has put into preparing for this tournament and much the easier option would have been for him to quit. I like this lady!

Did I just hear Virginia Wade correctly on Eurosport a minute ago? I thought she said that she hopes Andy's over that "nervous episode, and his fear, because that's what it really is?"

Did she really say that?

Eh?

Is she mad?

I really don't get it?! Isn't it enough that almost the whole world, to express myself gently, doesn't like the Brits, there have to be the likes like Rusedski and Wade who are throwing ill coment at the best British tennis player ever.

Virginia Creeper should just shut up. Paul Newman described her comments as 'absurd' in Today's INdie and Kevin Mitchell had a dig in Guardian too.Agree with Alis that Sam Smith great this morning. Showed real empathy with ANdy as someone who has suffered injury. Said she was 'in awe' of his extraordinary performance. And like Alis said, she stressed how easy it would have been for him to quit and focus on the grass court season but he took the difficult decision.Andy said the back is feeling better than it was but clearly he's not going to be 100%. It sounds like if it's just the aftermath of the spasm he's not risking too much by playing; just have to hope and pray he doesn't aggravate the underlying back problem. He said Ivan has been giving him alot of stick the last couple of days. I guess Ivan expected him to do what he was told when he told him to come off after that first set; I wonder whether he thinks it was the right decision in the end.

jk the emails go to her agent so I doubt she's even seen them yet, if she ever does. And I suspect if there's a reply it won't be from her personally. But I hope at least her agent conveys to her the weight of feeling against what she said.

Virginia Creeper should just shut up. Paul Newman described her comments as 'absurd' in Today's INdie and Kevin Mitchell had a dig in Guardian too.Agree with Alis that Sam Smith great this morning. Showed real empathy with ANdy as someone who has suffered injury. Said she was 'in awe' of his extraordinary performance. And like Alis said, she stressed how easy it would have been for him to quit and focus on the grass court season but he took the difficult decision.Andy said the back is feeling better than it was but clearly he's not going to be 100%. It sounds like if it's just the aftermath of the spasm he's not risking too much by playing; just have to hope and pray he doesn't aggravate the underlying back problem. He said Ivan has been giving him alot of stick the last couple of days. I guess Ivan expected him to do what he was told when he told him to come off after that first set; I wonder whether he thinks it was the right decision in the end.

From what I've read Ivan did not tell Andy to come off the court, it was Dani and the others, Lendl just sat or stood giving nothing away.So the stick must be about something else!

Virginia Wade represents the cucumber sandwich brigade who despise Murray. She is desperate at all times to demonstrate that she is upper class. Murray doesn't conform to the romantic stereotype of the "gentleman" that she has been taught because he is emotional, occasionally foul-mouthed and doesn't conceal pain behind a stuff upper lip. I'm sure Tiger Tim would have been much more to her taste.

Virginia Wade represents the cucumber sandwich brigade who despise Murray. She is desperate at all times to demonstrate that she is upper class. Murray doesn't conform to the romantic stereotype of the "gentleman" that she has been taught because he is emotional, occasionally foul-mouthed and doesn't conceal pain behind a stuff upper lip. I'm sure Tiger Tim would have been much more to her taste.

That's a very interesting point. I'm Scottish but travel to work with colleagues in London quite frequently. The average person I speak to - even those broadly interested in sport - doesn't follow tennis THAT much, and hence doesn't appreciate Andy's fantastic tennis career, in terms of winning 22 tournaments, 8 Masters (I think) 3 grand slam finals, plus lots of semis - all they read and hear about is that he is a failure in terms of never winning Wimbledon, losing out in semis to Nadal and Djoko etc.

Not dissimilar to how Colin Montgomery, the golfer, was regarded. This isn't anything to do with being Scottish v. English - it's about the media giving the general public an impression of what constitutes a successful sporting career and what doesn't.